Suspender cast-off.



ALBERT OPPENHEIM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND EDWARD CLEARY, OF BRIDGEPORT,

CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORS TO THE CONNECTICUT WEB AND IBUCKLE C0., OF BRIDGE- IPORT, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

SUSPENDER CAST-OFF.

Application filed. November 1, 1909.

To aZZ whom it may concer'n:

Be it known that we, ALBERT OPPENHEIM and EDWARD CLEARY, citizens of the United States, and residents of the city, county, and State of New York, and Bridgeport, in the county of F airfield and State of Connecticut, respectively, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspender Cast-Offs, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in cast-oifs for suspender ends and particularly to that form of device wherein a loop and button are used for the detachable connection of the suspender ends to the cord portions, but is obviously equally as well adapted for use upon other forms of garments.

It is the object of the invention to produce a loop which may be detachably and yieldably connected to a stud so as to permit said parts to readily adjust themselves to the various positions assumed by the connecting parts of the suspender, without any liability of becoming disconnected; to provide a novel form of stud member with attached cord run-way, and yieldable plate to yieldably engage the loop when attached in a manner to permit of its adjustment without becoming disconnected; and finally to provide means for also supporting the drawers.

Further objects of the invention will hereinafter appear; and to these ends the invention consists of a device for carrying out the above objects, einbodying the features of construction, combination of elements, and arrangements of parts having` the general mode of operation, substantially as hereinafter fully described and claimed in the specification and as shown in the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which,

Figure 1, shows a front elevation of a suspender and with loop member of cast-off attached. Fig. 2, is a front elevation of the stud member of cast-olf, with cords attached for connection to trouser buttons and drawers. Fig. 3, is an edge view of Fig. l. Fig. 4, is an edge view of Fig. 2, with cords removed. Fig. 5, is a central Vertical section through the stud member of the castofi'. Fig. 6, is an edge view of a slightly modified form of stud member of cast-off, and Fig. 7, is a plan view of sheet metal Specifica-ton of Letters I'atent.

Patented J an. 1'7, 1911.

Serial No. 525,650.

blank from which the base portion of the stud member is formed.

Referring in detail to the characters of reference marked upon the drawings, 10 indicates the end of the suspender web, 11 a link attached thereto and 12 the loop portion of the cast-off attached to the said link. This loop is preferably formed of sheet metal and provided with the usual opening 13 comprising a large upper portion, a smaller socket portion and an intermediate contracted throat portion 14:. The lower end of the loop is cut across as at 15 thus separating the two side members of the loop at the lower end to permit the same to yield slightly when the stud is drawn through the throat of the loop.

The stud member of the cast-off is formed in part of a sheet metal base piece 15a which is first blanked out as shown in Fig. 7 and then formed up into the Shape indicated in Figs. 2, 4, 5 and 6. The rear end of the stud 16 is riveted to the back of the base plate 15a as indicated in the drawings, while the opposite end is enlarged to form a head 17 to better engage the loop. The base plate is defiected down, rearward and returned to form a loop 18 which serves as an oval runway for the cord ends 24. The front portion 19 of the base plate is made to spring back and is provided with a hole through which the shank of the stud freely extends and whereby said plate can freely move longitudinally upon said shank when pressure is brought to bear thereagainst. Lugs 20 are turned in from the upper portion of the back of the base plate to form stops against which the front plate will strike when sprung in, as in the attachment to the loop of the stud and for the purpose of afiording a resistence to the loop when shoved thereunder. This stop may be formed integral with the back plate as shown in the preferred figures of the drawings or may be obtained by attaching a separate ring around the stud and which may be formed of rubber or metal as by 21 in Fig. 6.

A lug 22 is formed in the upper end of the yieldable front plate whereby the stud member is made to strike and is prevented from looking into the upper edge 23 of the loop member when the parts are being separated thus insuring a quick and convenient detachment of the parts.

The intermediate portion of the cord run- Way 18 is st-amped down to form an eye` for the attachment of the metal end 26 of the intermediate drawer supporting cord 27 to the lower end of which also isl attached a common form of spring` clamp 28 to engage the drawer. i

In conneoting the two parts of the clamp the larger portion of the loop is laid over thehead of the Stud and then the loop pressed inward to slightly spring the frontV plate Whereupon said loop is drawn up under the head of the Stud so that the contracted throat of the loop en'gages the sides of the shank of the stu-d in a Way to be sligh-tly sprung lapart until the shank is seated Within the lower pocket of the loop. rl`he tension of the front .spring plate 19 is such as to bear against the underside of the loop When engaged in a Way to cause sufiicient friction to preVe-nt unnecessary play and detachment of the parts.

Having thus described our invention What We claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is The herein described suspender end castoff, comprising a loop, a Stud for the engagement of the loop, a sheet metal base member to which the stud is fastened and bent around to form an oVal cord run-way and disposed up under the head of the stud tol form a yieldable front plate to engage the underside of the loop When attached, and a lug formed on the upper end of the spring plate to strike against the upper edge of the loop When disconnecting the parts.

Signed at Bridgeport, in the county of i Fairfield, and State of Connecticut this 22nd day of October, A. D., 1909.

ALBERT' OPPENHEIM. EDVVARD CLEARY. 'litnesses C. M. NEWMAN, RUTI-r RAYMOND. 

